OTish: What do you think about Damian Lillard?

[Further]

I have never seen him play and have no idea if he would be good for the Blazers, but I was eating last night with several Blazer fans and one non-decision-making employee who shall remain nameless and they all started drooling over Lillard. I just read a little, and opinions seem all over the place. Anyone with some knowledge or thoughts?

 

[Mediocre Man]

I don't like him. I have seen him play a couple of times, and he is a scoring guard. My opinion is a poor man's Bayless, but I'd like to see him with better players around him

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Combo guard.

Please, no more combo guards.

 

[Further]

So some of what was being said was that once the measurements are done, people will be surprised that he has a super wingspan and is an excellent athlete. Those two things bode well in the NBA if he has a mind and talent to boot.

On the downside, he averaged 2.3 TO to 4assists this past season. But he shot 52% from 2, 40% from 3 and was a 89% FT shooter. Those all look real nice, especially since he one the one good player on his team and likely was the focus for most defenses.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I watched him against PSU in person back in January and he certainly looked like he was a cut above his Big Sky competition, but I don't know how to translate what I saw in that game to the NBA level.

All I know is that If it came down to Marshall and Lilliard still on the board I'd take Marshall every single damn time

 

[MickZagger]

Yeah, Marshall's ability to push the ball and find teammates is uncanny. He doesn't even need to score. I think he's a guy who can average 10 asts per 36 right off the bat. Aldridge and Batum would thrive with him.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Yeah, Marshall's ability to push the ball and find teammates is uncanny. He doesn't even need to score. I think he's a guy who can average 10 asts per 36 right off the bat. Aldridge and Batum would thrive with him.

Bump.

 

[THE HCP]

I don't like him. I have seen him play a couple of times, and he is a scoring guard. My opinion is a poor man's Bayless, but I'd like to see him with better players around him

A "POOR MANS BAYLESS" MM?

 

[THE HCP]

All I know is that If it came down to Marshall and Lilliard still on the board I'd take Marshall every single damn time

Say it ain't so Nik!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Do remember that MM has a mancrush on Bayless a mile wide.

 

[MickZagger]

Bump.

I have never said a bad word about Lillard.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I have never said a bad word about Lillard.

Except for derailing a Lillard thread to drool over Marshall.

Tacit.

Disrespect.

Not.

Swayed.

j/k

 

[HailBlazers]

Bump.

For a Crow Tasting?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

For a Crow Tasting?

That's the game today, yeah.

 

[Natebishop3]

I'm glad I didn't see this when it was originally posted

 

[Nikolokolus]

Say it ain't so Nik!

Hey man, I watched him play the Vikings and what I saw at the time never made me think he'd make a good NBA lead guard. I totally stand behind the statement I made based on what I knew at the time.

 

[THE HCP]

Your opinion now means NOTHING to me and if I could Un-Rep you I would!

 

[Natebishop3]

Your opinion now means NOTHING to me and if I could Un-Rep you I would!

Oh please! The HCP doesn't even have opinions on college players until they're drafted. I could just make some guy up and you wouldn't even know it.

By the way, HCP did you hear about that kid Terrell Johnson out of Pitt? He's amazing. You should really look him up.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Your opinion now means NOTHING to me and if I could Un-Rep you I would!

That's cool. That exact same thing is what would happen to 95% of your rep points.

(This message is from Mrs. HCP and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the poster under which this post is made - well, technically it does as Mrs. HCP is under me right now.)

 

[THE HCP]

Oh please! The HCP doesn't even have opinions on college players until they're drafted. I could just make some guy up and you wouldn't even know it.

By the way, HCP did you hear about that kid Terrell Johnson out of Pitt? He's amazing. You should really look him up.

Hell ya, I saw him play last season. He's sick!

 

[Nikolokolus]

Your opinion now means NOTHING to me and if I could Un-Rep you I would!

You really want me to go find your post in the "Lillard or Marshall" thread and re-post it here?

Yeah, I didn't think so ...

 

[Natebishop3]

This one??

I like tall slower PGs with court vision.... I love Kidd/Andre and now Marshall. Sorry.

BOOM!

 

[Natebishop3]

Or maybe this one?

Your reasoning? Chad Ford said they haven't seen a passer like him in a decade. We see scorers like Lillard all the time. Lillard = Damon Part 2

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Served ^^^^.

Times 2.

 

[THE HCP]

You guys are all pricks! Grow up!

 

[Nikolokolus]

You guys are all pricks! Grow up!

Fuck that!!!

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

+1. 30 going on 11.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Man if Damian finds out... HCP is gonna lose all his cred with the kid.

 

[THE HCP]

Reminds me of when Greg got hurt at home and rolled off on a cart. I claimed on here that we wouldn't make the playoffs on here....... a couple days later while sitting courtside while the guys were all warming up....... Wheels calls me out and tells Brandon what I posted! I got the dirtiest look from BRoy that night!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I bet man! LOL! Brandon never says die!